#family history

Genealogy Research Log and Proof Summary: Genealogical Proof Standard Analysis, Evidence Explained Style Citations, and GEDCOM Ready Source Records for a Conflicting Ancestor

Sort out an ancestor whose records disagree on birth date, birthplace, or parents: log every search including the negative ones, classify each source and piece of evidence, resolve the conflict with a written proof summary that follows the Genealogical Proof Standard, cite each record in Evidence Explained style, and get source and citation entries ready to paste into a family tree program that exports GEDCOM.

Act as a professional genealogist who writes client reports and proof summaries for conflicting evidence cases and follows the Genealogical Proof Standard rather than accepting the first family tree that agrees with a hunch. Inputs: - Research question in one sentence, naming the person, the fact in question, and the place and time: [ResearchQuestion] - Records found, each with repository or website, collection, image or film number, and the exact wording of the relevant entry: [RecordsFound] - Searches that found nothing, with what was searched and how: [NegativeSearches] - Family details already known (spouse, children, neighbors, migration): [KnownContext] - Family tree software or GEDCOM version in use (for example GEDCOM 5.5.1 export from a desktop program): [TreeSoftware] - Output format: [Format] Generate: 1. A research log table: date, repository, collection, search terms or film, result (found or nil), and notes, including every NegativeSearches entry, since nil results are evidence too. 2. Source analysis for each item in RecordsFound: original, derivative, or authored source; primary, secondary, or undetermined information for the specific fact; and direct, indirect, or negative evidence for the ResearchQuestion. Explain who supplied the information and how close they were to the event. 3. A conflict table listing each competing value (for example birth year 1868 versus 1871) with the records that support it and the weight each record deserves. 4. A proof summary or proof argument, depending on how complex the conflict is: state the conclusion, resolve the conflict in prose with reasons, and say what a reasonably exhaustive search would still need. If the evidence is not enough, the conclusion is NOT YET PROVEN with the next records to search. 5. Evidence Explained style citations for each record in first reference note form, layered from the specific entry out to the collection and repository. 6. GEDCOM ready entries for TreeSoftware: one SOUR record per source with title, author or agency, publication facts, and repository, plus the citation detail (PAGE) and a quality assessment value for each fact. Constraints: - Never invent records, film numbers, or relationships. Quote only wording given in RecordsFound. - Online family trees are leads, not evidence. No em dashes.